(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
The British gendarmerie in Palestine will be demobilized, according to an official statement made known here.
The Palestine gendarmerie will be reorganized. The Jewish members of it will be transferred to the police force, while the Arabs and Circassians will form the Palestine and Transjordania frontier force. The Arabs will remain in the service in Palestine, while the Circassians will serve in Transjordania.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
